• gregorum
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    11 months ago

    There are actual libertarians, and there is the American Libertarian Party. There is almost nothing in common between the two.

    Well, weed and some edge-case anti-vax bullshit… but almost nothing else.

    • @awnery@lemmy.world
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      811 months ago

      agreed, but the lower-case L libertarian stance is just Ayn Rand type shit. i had a buddy who went to objectivism conferences and that sort of thing, then he had kids and joined a union.

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        11 months ago

        In the US, yes. Elsewhere, libertarians are much more liberal. Here, they’re just often-stoned, fascist conservatives who hate paying their taxes more than the rest but without the courage to admit to the fascism part. It’s a façade.

        As for you buddy, I’m glad he woke up. 👍🏻